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BCG Platinion’s competencies cover a broad range of industry specializations across IT issues and customer constellations. We recognize that even within related industries – such as banking and insurance – seemingly minor differences in technological requirements may vary in impact and must be considered thoughtfully to achieve digital ambitions. By applying industry-specific insights, we turn every engagement into a success.
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Consumer
Tech and Digital unlock business impact across consumer industry. We support leading consumer companies through key areas: eCommerce, marketplace, omnichannel, personalization, next generation ERP, digital supply chain, AI, data governance, tech operating models, tech and digital strategy
We work across all consumer sectors, from retail to fashion & luxury, consumer product goods and travel & tourism designing target technology architecture, selecting industry specific applications, enabling change, and executing large transformation governance objectives
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Our project work in Consumer includes:
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Energy
Energy companies are adapting to the pressures stemming from renewable sources, regulatory changes, and technological advances through advanced digital transformation. BCG Platinion is at the forefront, advising on the integration of smart technology, robotics and the utilization of big data analytics in all energy sectors.
We have been supporting global energy companies with industry-specific solutions since our inception – from IT architectures to the transformation of the entire value chain.
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Our project work in the Energy sector includes:
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Financial Institutions
In financial services, technology is leading the sector’s transformation by optimizing efficiencies, reducing costs and revolutionizing business models through innovation in blockchain, AI and big data.
BCG Platinion enables financial institutions to overcome their most difficult and pressing technical challenges on the road to digital modernization. and to discover new digital business opportunities through a bandwidth of capabilities: From modernizing core banking systems to building future proof IT architectures based on cutting edge technologies like AI, big data and blockchain. Combining BCG’s world-class banking expertise with deep technology competence and battle proven approaches for large scale IT transformations, Post-Merger-Integrations, or IT implementation projects, paves the way for new commercial opportunities. Additionally we combine advisory and unique hands-on experience with our Financial Institutions TechLAB center of banking technology excellence (e.g., Core Banking Platform and System vendors like Temenos, Mambu, Thought Machine).
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Our work with financial institutions:
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Health Care
Health care is at the tipping point of a rapid digital evolution, driven by patients demanding personalized, modern and tailored treatment plans, while providers and pharmaceutical companies are focused on improving the patient experience through new digital care models.
The future of health care will be digital-first, scalable, and redesigned to support multiple stakeholder needs. Working with clients across the health care industry, from insurance to pharma, BCG Platinion is at the forefront of innovation and dedicated to enhancing patient care through cutting edge technologies.
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Our work within the Health care industry includes:
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Industrial Goods
Technology is creating exceptional value for the Industrial Goods industry with IoT investments at the top of its digital agenda. We define and support implementation of IoT systems and analytics, applying human-centered methodologies to ensure user and customer acceptance across the supply chain.
We combine detailed sector-specific know-how – in Automotive & Mobility, Engineered Products, Materials & Process Industries, Infrastructure, Cities & Transportation – with a deep understanding of technology. Our expertise spans from corporate applications like ERP across system architectures to leading edge capabilities for industry specific digital game changer topics. The latter include connected cars, factories of the future, digital twins in engineering heavy industries as well as building information modeling (BIM) in building materials.
This puts us in a unique position to support our clients to master digital disruption and overcome technological obstacles.
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Our work in the Industrial Goods industry includes:
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Insurance
As the insurance industry races to modernize itself, harnessing the power of technology to seek new opportunities, it must also remain relevant and secure to customers.
We help insurance companies to address the most pressing IT challenges. Our experts combine in depth technical and organizational expertise to support our clients to drive their digital transformation. We define IT strategies and IT operating models, design fit-for-purpose target (data) architectures and platforms, modernize application landscapes and facilitate agile@scale transformations.
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Our work within the Insurance industry includes:
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Principal Investors & Private Equity
More so than ever, technology is driving business growth and must be a top consideration in M&A decision making. Assessing technological capabilities in the due diligence phase requires specific knowledge across IT architecture, enterprise systems and cybersecurity.
Our teams bring tailored, technology focused offerings across the full value chain, from pre-deal due diligence, to value creating during holding period, to support for divestiture, turning our PIPE clients into digital champions.
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Our work with Principal Investors & Private Equity includes:
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Public Sector
The public sector is not immune to the disruption instigated by new digital technologies and the unique structural and regulatory challenges inherent to the sector often drives industry innovation that pushes it forward.
We work around the globe to drive transformational change for public sector clients by stabilizing critical applications, modernizing architectures and introducing Agile ways of working.
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Our work in the public sector includes:
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Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Telecommunications, media and technology firms have pioneering roles in the digital revolution. Balancing the expansion of their business models, interacting effectively with customers, and reimagining legacy IT landscapes—all while managing increasing cost pressure—all factor significantly in achieving success.
With their profound industry and technology expertise, our teams assist with these challenges not only conceptually, but also hands-on throughout the implementation.
Together with our clients, we design and execute robust and pragmatical approaches for digital innovation, transformation collaboratively and ensure a rapid and sustainable value creation.
Digital strategy, cloud based IT transformations, cyber security, large-scale project management, agile software engineering and UI/UX are just a few areas of competence, which we combine with our deep expertise in the technology, media and telecommunication industry.
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Our work in Technology, Media & Telecommunications includes: